Man faces extraordinary punishment for severe child abuse resulting in death

A twenty-nine year old man who is responsible for the death of a two year old girl faces an extraordinary punishment, even a life sentence, after an autopsy revealed that the child – his live-in girlfriend’s daughter – had been submitted to cruel long-term abuse. The man was originally charged with physical violence resulting in death for which he could have spent a maximum eight years in prison, but the charges against him have now been changed in view of the gravity of the medical findings. The police are also questioning the child’s mother who claims she had no idea of what was going on when she was away at work.